MARUMITSU
藤原の丸光

A high-flying court official. Utters the phrase torikaebaya!

🎏 Sara; 🎏 Suiren;

🎎 Nishi; 🎎 Higashi;

🫛 Kakumitsu; 🧑‍🍼 Fujiwara Sr;

🫅 Suzakuin; 🫅 Emperor

NISHI
西の上

Lives in the west wing of Marumitsu’s estate.

🎎 Marumitsu;

🎏 Sara

HIGASHI
東の上

Lives in the east wing of Marumitsu’s estate.

🎎 Marumitsu;

🎏 Suiren

FUJIWARA SR
元関白

A former kanpaku; soon enters the priesthood.

🎏 Marumitsu;

🎏 Kakumitsu

KAKUMITSU
藤原の角光

An ambitious court official seeking beneficial marriages for his four daughters.

🫛 Marumitsu; 🧬 Sara;

🫅 Suzakuin; 🫅 Emperor;

🎏 Reikeiden; 🎏 Umetsubo;

🎏 San no Hime; 🎏 Shi no Hime

LADY REIKEIDEN
麗景殿の女御

Wife of Suzakuin. Apparently has no children.

🧑‍🍼 Kakumitsu; 🎎 Suzakuin;

🫛 Umetsubo;

🫛 San no Hime;

🫛 Shi no Hime

LADY UMETSUBO
梅壺の女御

First wife of the Emperor. Has no children; prone to jealousy.

🧑‍🍼 Kakumitsu; 🎎 Emperor;

🎯 Sara; 🎯 Suiren;

🙇‍♂️ Umetsubo’s maid;

🫛 Reikeiden; 🫛 San no Hime;

🫛 Shi no Hime

SAN NO HIME
三の姫

Raised outside the capital. Becomes Nanten no Togu’s naishi no kami.

🧑‍🍼 Kakumitsu; 🫅 Togu;

>🤝 Sara; 💖 Emperor;

🫛 Reikeiden; 🫛 Umetsubo;

🫛 Shi no Hime

SHI NO HIME
四の姫

Has an ill-fated marriage to Sara.

🧑‍🍼 Kakumitsu; 🎎 Sara;

🙇‍♂️ Saemon; 💖 Tsuwabuki;

🎏 Yukihime; 🎏 Tamakohime;

🫛 Reikeiden; 🫛 Umetsubo;

🫛 San no Hime

SAEMON
左衛門

Shi no Hime’s attendant, who facilitates her affair with Tsuwabuki.

🫅 Shi no Hime;

🫅 Kakumitsu

NANTEN NO TOGU
南天の東宮

Installed as the Emperor’s successor at an early age.

🧑‍🍼? Suzakuin; 🧬 Emperor;

🙇‍♂️💖 Suiren; 🧑‍🍼? Yoshino;

🙇‍♂️ Senji; >🙇‍♂️ Sara;

>🙇‍♂️ San no Hime

YOSHINO NO MIYA
吉野の宮

Cousin and former rival of Suzakuin; now lives in seclusion.

🧬 Suzakuin; 🧬 Emperor;

🎏? Togu; 🤝 Sara;

🤝 Suiren; 🎯 Genkaku

SHIKIBU-KYO NO MIYA
式部卿の宮

Brother-in-law to the Emperor. Motives frequently unclear. Supports Yuzuru.

🧬 Emperor; 🧬 Suzakuin;

💖? Tsuwabuki; 🙇‍♂️ Akimasa

YUZURU
弓弦親王

An obscure prince drafted in as a replacement for Togu, backed by Shikibu-kyo and Ginkaku.

🧬 Emperor;

>🤝 Sara

TSUWABUKI
石蕗

An amorous young man. Cousin of the Emperor.

🤝💖 Sara; 💖? Suiren;

💖 Shi no Hime; 🤝 Akimasa;

🤝 Tadasuke; 🧬🫅 Suzakuin;

🧬🫅 Emperor; 🎏 Yukihime;

🎏 Tamakohime

TACHIBANA NO AKIMASA
橘明理

Tadasuke’s best buddy. Works in the Shikibu-sho.

🤝 Tadasuke; 🤝 Tsuwabuki;

🤝 Sara; 🫅 Shikibu-kyo

AGURI
あぐり

Sara’s former wetnurse.

🫅 Sara; 🎏 Torako;

🎏 Toramitsu; 🎯 Tsuwabuki

TORAKO
十良子

Aguri’s daughter. Becomes a close attendant to Sara.

🧑‍🍼 Aguri;

🫅 Sara;

🫛 Toramitsu

TORAMITSU
十良光

Aguri’s son.

🧑‍🍼 Aguri;

🫅 Sara;

🫛 Torako

GINKAKU
銀覚

A scheming priest who supports Yuzuru and tricks Umetsubo.

🎯 Yoshino; 🎯 Emperor;

🎯 Suzakuin; 🎯 Togu;

🎯 Sara

GENKAKU
幻覚

Ginkaku’s disciple. He tricks Kakumitsu.

🎯 Emperor;

🎯 Sara

SARASOJU
沙羅双樹

Based on the chunagon character. Often known as “Sara”.

🫛 Suiren; 🧑‍🍼 Marumitsu;

🧑‍🍼 Nishi; 🤝 Tsuwabuki;

🫅 Suzakuin; 🫅 >💖 Emperor;

🎎 Shi no Hime; 🧬Kakumitsu;

🤝 Yoshino; >🫅 Togu

SUIREN
睡蓮

Based on the naishi no kami character.

🫛 Sara; 🧑‍🍼 Marumitsu;

🧑‍🍼 Higashi; 🫅💖 Togu;

🤝 Yoshino; >🫅 Emperor

YUKIHIME
雪姫

Shi no Hime’s first daughter. Sara is NOT the father.

🧑‍🍼 Shi no Hime;

🧑‍🍼 Tsuwabuki;

🫛 Tamakohime

TAMAKOHIME
珠子姫

Shi no Hime’s second daughter. Sara is NOT the father.

🧑‍🍼 Shi no Hime;

🧑‍🍼 Tsuwabuki;

🫛 Yukihime

SUZAKUIN
朱雀院

Begins the story as Emperor, then abdicates due to ill health.

🫛 Emperor; 🎏? Togu;

🎎 Reikeiden; 🙇‍♂️ Sara;

🙇‍♂️ Marumitsu; 🙇‍♂️ Kakumitsu;

🧬 Yoshino

EMPEROR
帝

Begins the story as Togu, then inherits the throne.

🫛 Suzakuin; 🧬 Togu;

🎎 Umetsubo; 🙇‍♂️>💖 Sara;

💖>🙇‍♂️ Suiren; 🙇‍♂️ Marumitsu;

🙇‍♂️ Kakumitsu; 🧬 Yoshino

MINAMOTO NO TADASUKE
源忠輔

Akimasa’s best buddy.

🤝 Akimasa;

🤝 Tsuwabuki;

🤝 Sara

SENJI
宣旨

Togu’s other main servant while Suiren is naishi no kami.

🫅 Togu;

🤝? Suiren

UMETSUBO'S MAID
梅坪の女房

Once worked for Higashi. Her knowledge enables Umetsubo’s schemes.

🫅 Umetsubo

ARCHIVE KEEPER
蔵人頭

An attendant to the Emperor. Apparently employed later in the story.

🫅 Emperor;

🤝? Sara